Discovery certificate for object 2020yxe
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 88392 [ 2020TNSTR3358....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-11-05 02:59:19
Sender: ZTF (ZTF_AMPEL_COMPLETE)
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

J. Nordin, V. Brinnel, M. Giomi, J. van Santen (HU Berlin), A. Gal-Yam, O. Yaron, S. Schulze (Weizmann) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2020yxe
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acohsar
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:51:14.085 (297.8086874) DEC = -07:43:53.34 (-7.7314847)
Discovery date: 2020-10-31 02:29:17.952 (JD=2459153.6036806)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-10-31 02:29:17.952
Flux: 19.22 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-10-29 02:02:59
Limiting flux: 19.5238 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2020yxe